The Citadel, Cairo, Egypt: The Saladin
Citadel of Cairo (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين‎) is one of the most
popular tourist attractions of Cairo. It is sometimes referred to as
Mohamed Ali Citadel (Arabic: قلعة محمد علي‎), because it contains
the mosque of Mohamed Ali (or Muhammad Ali), which was built almost
7 centuries later.